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Out of curiosity, instead of killing products, why don't they raise the price so the production of fewer of them is profitable? There's probably a gap in deman
by motohagiography 6y ago
Out of curiosity, instead of killing products, why don't they raise the price so the production of fewer of them is profitable?
There's probably a gap in demand for them up to say a +50% price increase, but there may be a market for fewer of them at double or more the price.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoBesides anything else I don't expect they want the transition away from Intel to last any longer than necessary.
- bombcar 6y agoThe cost of keeping a manufacturing line open is immense, better to make a bunch and warehouse them (or even better, let third parties do that).
- sib 6y agoOne hypothesis is that they know that what they have coming next on Apple Silicon is so much faster that the people who bought the (newly overpriced) Intel-based ones would be extremely annoyed.
- protomyth 6y agoBecause the value proposition for the current iMac Pro at its current prices was already a bit iffy compared to the new iMacs. Raising the price would just mean the decision to buy a current iMac is much easier.